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 APPENDIX. PROCLAMATION S. N 0s. 48, 49. 790 Code will vote a ballot with the words “For the Revised Code " written or printed upon the same; and those opposed to the adoption of the said code will vote a ballot with the words “Against the Revised Code " written or printed upon the same. The places where the said election shall be held, and the judges who shall conduct and preside over the same will be as follows :— For the First \Vard, in the city of Washiiigton, at Samuel Drury’s office, on Pennsylvania Avenue. Judges: Southey S. Parker, Terence Drury, and Alexander H. Mechlin. For the Second Ward, on 12th street, one door above Pennsylvania Avenue. Judges: Charles L. Coltman, Charles J. Canfield, and Edward C. Dyer. For the Third Ward, near the corner of 9th street, between F and G, west of the Patent-Oiiiee. Judges: Valentine Harbaugh, Joseph Bryan, and Harvey Cruttenden. For the Fourth Ward, at the west end of City Hall. Judges: William A. Kennedy, John T. Clements, and Francis Mohun. For the Fifth l/Vard, at the Columbia engine—h0use. Judges: Henry C. Purdy, Thomas Hutchinson, and Jas. A. Brown. For the Sixth \Vard, at the Anacostia engine-house. Judges : John D. Brandt, George A. Bohrer, and George R. Rulf For the Seventh Ward, at Island Hall. Judges: Samuel Pumphrey, James Espey, and John L. Smith. For Georgetown, at the Mayor’s office. Judges : Edward Chapman, John L. Kidwell, and Wm. H. Edes. For that portion of the county of Washington which lies west of Rock Creek, at Conrad’s tavern, in Tenallytown. Judges: Joshua Peirce, Charles R. Belt, and William D. C. Murdock. For that portion of said county which lies between Rock Creek and the Hass ern Branch of the Potomac, at Seventh street toll-gate. Judges: Thomas Blagden, Dr. Henry Ilaw, and Abner Shoemaker. And for that portion of said county which lies east of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac, at Goodhope Tavern. Judges: Selby B. Scaggs, Fenwick Young, and Dr. 'Wellford Manning. The judges presiding at the respective places of holding the elections shall be sworn to perform their duties faithfully; and. immediately after the close of the polls, they shall count up the votes and certify what number were given “For the Revised Code," and what number “Against the Revised Code ;" which certificates shall be transmitted within twenty-four hours to the Attorney—Genera.l of the United States, who will report the same to me. Given under my hand this twenty-fourth day of December, A. D. eighteen [L. s.] hundred and fifty-seven, and of independence the eighty-second. JAMES BUCHANAN. N0. 49. Respccting discriminating Duties of Tonnage and Zinpost upon Vessels and Oargoes of the Suyects of Ms I£>Zz'ness, the Pope. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Eb. 25, isss. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, by an act of Con ess of the United States, of the twenty-fourth 1828, ch, u1_ of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled “An act in addi- Vol. iv. p. 2- tion to an act entitled * An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and 1mp0st,’ and to equalize the duties on Prussian vessels and their cargoes}' it is plrovidcd, that upon satisfactory evidence being given to the President of the nited States, by the government of any foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impost are imposed or levied in the ports of the said nation upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the groduce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in the same from the United tates, or from any foreign country, the President is thereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that the foreirrn discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are, and shall be, suspended and discontinued-, so far as respects the vessels of the said foreign nation, and the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported into the United States in the same from the